Cohere free API key: how to get one
Trial keys allow 20 chat requests a minute with a monthly cap. Not licensed for production.
Checked October 2026. Limits are set by each company and change often.
Cohere
- Kind
- Always free, no card needed
- Free limits
- Trial keys allow 20 chat requests a minute with a monthly cap. Not licensed for production.
- Models
- Command A, Command A Reasoning, Command A Vision
How to get it
- Sign up at dashboard.cohere.com.
- Copy the trial key from API Keys.
- Paste it under Cohere.
Cohere models in MultiScreenAI
The free tier covers Command A, Command A Reasoning, Command A Vision; the others need paid usage on the same key.
Then use it with every other AI at once
Paste the key into MultiScreenAI next to any others you have. One message goes to every model on one screen, and test mode times them and hides the names. A few free keys together go a long way.
Questions
Is the Cohere API key really free?
Yes, there is a free tier, with no card needed. Trial keys allow 20 chat requests a minute with a monthly cap. Not licensed for production.
Which models does a free Cohere key reach?
Command A, Command A Reasoning, Command A Vision
Can I use the Cohere key with other AIs at the same time?
Yes. Paste it into MultiScreenAI next to your other keys and one message goes to every model at once, answers side by side.
Other free API keys
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- Mistral
- Cerebras
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- SambaNova
- SiliconFlow
- GLM (Z.ai)
- Hugging Face
- Ollama Cloud
- Fireworks
- Qwen
- Cloudflare Workers AI
- Pollinations
- OpenAI (ChatGPT)
- Claude (Anthropic)
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